Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-10
HAPPY DANCERS.
ANOTHER BRILLIANT GERMAN AT THE
HYGBIA.
An Army and Navy Affair The ccstumes-
A Progressive.Euchrs Party
The Visitors.


fCorrcspondcnco OF the Richmond Dispa'ch.l
FoRr MONROE, March s, 1887.
The young ladies of the. Hygeia Hotel
put their heads together last week and
arranged 10 give an army and navy
german, which is now in progress, and
most delightful affair. Some forty or
fifty couples are dancing, aud there is
not half dozen civilians in the lot.
As rule, the young gentlemen in civil
life do not grace the scene with their
presence TO any great extent. They
have found from sad experience that
they are merely wall-fowers when the
brass-buttons are around. Their best
girl will leave them in the lurch TO
capture the epaulets, and press OF
business now detains them at home J
Asa consequence the young officers
have it all their own way, and you can
freqently see a group of ten or dozen
young ladies surrounding one of them,
each casting her brightest smiles In his
direction.
But 10 return to the german. 1t was
chaperoned by Mrs. Biddle, of Detroit,
Mrs. Catlin and Mrs. Rae, OF New
York, and was led by Lieutenant w. +.
Hancock, who devoted his entire atten-
ton TO il. Among the dancers were
Miss Freeland, of Richmond; Miss
Williams, Miss Clarke, Miss Reynolds,
Miss Balderson, and Miss Sloan, OF
Baltimore the Misses Biddle and Miss
Brooke, of Detroit Miss Lille Pres
ton, of Davenport; Miss Montagueand
Miss Irwin, of New York MIR. and
Mrs. Fisher, of Pittsburgh Miss An
derson, of st. Louis; Mrs. Captain
Booth, Mrs. Captain Nye, Miss Jones,
and Miss Miller, of the garrison ; Ma
ior Rabbit, Major Calef, Lieutenants
Hubbell, Brooks, Walker, Waite, Foote,
Treat, Hawthorne, Davenport, and
Ludlow, of the garrison Lieutenants
Brown and Kirby, from West Point ;
Lieutenant Herbert q. Squires, Seventh
cavalry, from New York and Lieuten.
ants Iallcott, Nelson, Lonsdale, and
Lackheimer, and Or. Russell, from the
United States steamer Ossipee.
There were many beautiful costumes.
Miss Freeland wore lilac tulle, with
diamond ornaments, and carried large
bunch of lilies of the valley.
Miss Williams, of Baltimore, was
dressed in black tulle, with a dccOliGte
corsage of black watered silk, and car
ried a large bouquet of iacqueminot
roses.
Miss Reynolds, charming little de-
Jut0ntc from Baltimore, was gowned
in white tulle, and carried bunch of
La France buds.
Miss Kitty Montague, of New York,
wore lovely dress of pale-blue tissue,
trimmed with knots of leaf-green vel
vet. She carried La France roses.
Mrs. Booth wore a black velvet
sleeveless dress, and carried yellow
roses.
Mrs. Nye wore a rich black satin,
heavily trimmed with Jet.
Miss Clarke, of Baltimore, wore
sea-green crepe, made decoiicte and
trimmed with garlands of scarlet pop
pies.
At IL o'clock the merry party adj
iourned to the banquet hall and par
took of an elegant repast, after which
dancing was continued to late hour
Last evening Mrs. Bowen, of New
York, gave a progressive-euchro party
in one of the private parlors to about
thirty guests, which, of course, in
cluded all the young officers at the post.
The prizes were won by Mrs. Calef and
Mrs. Catlin and Lieutenants Foote and
Brooks. The entertainment closed with
a champagne supper in the banquet
hall.
The crowd seems to be on the in
crease, and the construction of new
hotel is contamination devOutly to
be wished" especially by those who are
unable to secure accommodations.
A special Pullman car is now run to
Newport News every night at 8 clock,
and the Hotel Warwick is used as an
annex.
Since the adjournment of Congress a
number of prominent people from
Washington have arrived, and others
are only waiting for rooms.
Senator j. w. Sewell, of New Jersey,
with Mrs. Sewell and her niece, Miss
Heyl, arrived Sunday morning, and
Hon. William Walter Phelps, of New
jersey, is also here.
General James A. Oaks, United
States army, on the retired list, with
his wife and daughter, arrived yester-
day.
Mrs. George Fargo, of New York,
with her brother, Lieutenant Herbert
G. Squires, arrived this morning.
Colonel E. II. Warner, formerly on
duty here, but now of Washington bar
racks, is visiting friends at the post.
Mrs. Gill, superintendent of the Male
Orphan Asylum of Richmond, is here
ON visit, the guest Of Mrs. Kimberly.